I think we squeeze out 10. My hope is based on how the team played down the stretch last season. They gave everyone fits. I think this team is way more advanced than that one. How they handle adversity like a bad stretch of games will be key. I'm hoping to have a similar finish and maybe steal a game or 2 late.

I picked 7-8 conference wins. We may have an NBA offense (which I dislike, as I hate the NBA) but we also have an NBA defense, in other words, very little D. This team has a tendency to heave up a 3 way too early in the shot clock and doesn't threaten the rim nearly enough. We're a big team, but don't play big. Some nights we'll look good, other nights we're going to get our jock straps handed to us.

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I’d note that the line between us being good enough to win 6 games and good enough to win 11-12 is actually pretty thin. It all depends on how tough we play on the road, and maybe weather our perimeter shooting can get us a home upset against Cincy, SMU, or Temple. But I’ll say 6 for now.

Any updated thoughts about how we'll do in conference this year? Last post on this was very early after just the 2nd game of the season. Now that we're 10 games in and just a few weeks away from conference games starting up not sure if 70% still believe 7 or more wins?

There are a lot of things that need to happen to come close to a .500 conference record but probably the most important is an increased contribution from the two transfers that we felt would provide good reason for improvement this year:

1. Cornish needs to find his game. He has really struggled with his shot and his flow within the offense. He forces too much which may be a result of him being frustrated with his own play. He's eating a lot of minutes to be unproductive on offense and his defense isn't a reason to keep him out there.
2. I don't get MD's use of Sehic. He's averaging only 19 minutes per game. He's been productive in his minutes but isn't seeing enough of them IMO.

Like everyone else here, I wish it had been better. However, I am not terribly disappointed in the season and I believe we showed progress. If we don't enroll some very strong talent while also losing Frazier, next year may be a tough test.

Like everyone else here, I wish it had been better. However, I am not terribly disappointed in the season and I believe we showed progress. If we don't enroll some very strong talent while also losing Frazier, next year may be a tough test.